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Those look pretty sweet. The ranges aren't bad. I wonder why the classic is much better than the newer one; weight?

I wonder what the cost-range will be like too. Regardless, all of these self-EV conversions are pretty awesome. I think they illustrate some good potential.

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Not to nitpick, but that's a new Mustang, not a classic one. Ford went retro with the latest design.

It cracks me up that they left the 427 badge on the Cobra.

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Sebastian,
They are cheap if they cost around 100,000. And I doubt they cost more than that. It has a performance of a Ferrari and Porsche. Anything that is less than a Ferrari type cost is cheap because you can't get that performance in those original cars for a mere 30,000. EVs rock and although this mustang EV goes around 120 miles it was converted and not specifically built for EVs. IF they were they would find a way to lower the drag coefficient to increase mileage.

So my question is why won't Ford mass produce them if conversions are possible? If you convert one or two it'll cost you 3 or 4 times more than the original gas car price but if you mass produce say 20,000 of them then it would probably cost less than twice the price. It's possible but they don't want to. If they did I would be buying one tomorrow.

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Saw these at EVS23 on Sunday (public day)

The conversions were quoted as $80,000 on top of the base price of the car which is (for the mustang at least) about $20k. Range was quoted at about 120 miles.

0-60 in 3.2, bitch

Btw, both the Cobra and Mustang had significant carbon fiber mods to reduce weight.. the Cobra was under 2400 lbs.

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We completely agree with the 'why isn't Ford doing it.' But we are trying to do our part we are not using cutting edge technology, instead we are using proven technology so we can actually count on shipping the vehicles. A good start with beautiful cars is what we are trying for.

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Thanks for the great pictures, Sebastian. I was really hoping you'd do a piece on these.

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Check KD's cars out in person at Electric Dragin' January 26-27 in San Diego.
http://www.ElectricDragin.com

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Actually, the 600e Mustang was quoted at 220 miles. Don't know what that translates to on the EPA circuit though - that could be all steady state cruising at 35.

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How much for the electric Mustang OTD?

Is that with the carbon fiber mods?

I live in Chicago, does the cold effect battery performance?

Todays temp. is 21 degrees

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New to this blog; I'm enjoying it. I have things to contribute and will share soon.

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I hate to sound like a conspiracy theorist here, but the auto and oil industries have had a long standing relationship. Without the auto industry, there wouldn't be much demand for the oil industry. Keep in mind that early in the automobile's history, many people were building electric cars, but the internal combustion engine was less expensive and easier to maintain - this is why we are in the position we are now. The technology to free ourselves from the reliance on the oil industry has been around for decades.

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